150-year-old newspaper blogs its own demise
The Rocky Mountain News (Denver CO, USA) will appear for the last time today, just short of its 150th birthday. And the staff has been chronicling the closure in real…
Who are you to criticise? What is the point of PR in social media?
Who has the right to criticise in public relations? This seems a pertinent question in the light of the development of PR in social media where many lessons can be…
Live at the Inauguration with 3000 “Friends” per Minute
I had a new experience yesterday that helped me understand the “social” in social media a little better. I use Facebook to maintain with far-distant friends and to get back…
Growing professionalism in Portugal, still to be accomplished the shift for the social media / relationship management paradigm
I asked a couple of friends to share their thoughts about the year 2008 for Portuguese PR. The sector is growing firmly despite of the economic context. Important steps towards…
The leadership role of Public Relations according to Mo.Ve’s 2008 report on Car Dependancy and Sustainable Mobility in Metropolitan Areas
“….Notwithstanding these examples there is growing recognition of increasing differences between opinion and behaviour in society today. If we are to be really successful in the use of social marketing…
A virtual space to play in…
I got a bit over-excited with all the talk of spaces and what we do with them, so I have created a virtual world for PR Conversations if you want…
Is online reputation management as simple as optimising Google juice and minimising digital dirt?
If you’ve any interest in online public relations, you’ve probably heard of the terms “Google juice” and “digital dirt“. But have you taken a deliberate approach, like PRConversations reader, Brandon…
Events and spaces for twentyfirst century relationships and conversations….
From a front page article on the New York Times of Sunday July 13, Nicolai Ouroussif interestingly describes how new architecture in China reflects the vigour and intellectual ferment
Two New Features in this Blog. Enjoy and/or criticise..please!!
You might have noticed on the right hand side of this blog a new ‘special feature’ which, for now, includes two links. This addition also derives from your responses to…
The story of X, the differences between on and off-line reputation and the Villejuif leaflet of the mid eighties. Plus ca change…plus c’est la meme chose??
Way back in the mid eighties the name of the Parisian hospital Villejuif coupled its widespread fame as the world hub for the more advanced medical research against cancer (at…